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- I'm reading another Perry Mason book, this one from 1960. It's silly: Lady: I was in this situation and then the guy was murdered after I left. I still want to rewrite all these Perry Mason books switching the genders of everyone because it's so ridiculous, but this one is even more ridiculous. We're supposed to think he's so smart for conniving his way through these complicated situations, but he's the one who makes things complicated by fucking all the shit up in the first place. His first instinct is to always go the shady route. I'm also reading a Nathaniel Hawthorne book. I read the Scarlet Letter in 6th grade (I don't know why) and don't remember much about the book specifically (just the part that hypocrites suck) - the language in the book, I mean. The one I'm reading now is the House of the Seven Gables and it's basically just: There's this house, it's old, the family doesn't have money anymore, there's a painting in the house, comma comma comma, paragraphs and paragraphs talking about rooms and the painting and things, comma comma comma, a person knocks on the door. And then finally I'm also reading a Phyllis Whitney book. 1968. Honestly I thought she was another pseudonym for Victoria Holt and I thought it would be a nice silly summer book, but instead it's like this: Hi, I'm an American girl who married an English jerk who was in his 30s and I was 19. He was an abusive asshole to me but we had sex so maybe he was just a jerk because I was always messing up. I went back to America for two years because shit was so fucked up but I've come back to England because my asshole husband wants to marry another woman, so we need to get divorced. That'll be cool, or wait, I think I still love him even though he was always mean to me. There's also going to be some sort of mystery in the book but don't worry, I end up back together with my abusive husband and it'll turn out that he's such an asshole because he loves me sooooooo much. Don't think about the power imbalance/older jerk/young naive girl stuff, it's fine! It's romantic! We just love each other soooooooo much, the end! What a weird summer.
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